36:1 So Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person,¹ in whom Yahweh had put skill² and ability³ to know how⁴ to do all the work of the service⁵ of the sanctuary, will do the work⁶ according to all that Yahweh had commanded. 36:2 Then Moses called⁷ Bazalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom⁸Yahweh had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up⁹ to draw near¹⁰ to the work to do it. 36:3 And they received from Moses all the offering which the Israelites had brought to do the work of the service of the sanctuary, ¹¹and they still brought him a freewill offering each morning.¹² 36:4 So all the skilled people who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came from their work¹³ which they were doing, 36:5 and they spoke to Moses, saying, “The people are bringing much more than¹⁴ is needed for the service of the work which Yahweh us to do.”¹⁵

36:6 Moses¹⁶ instructed that they take¹⁷ his message¹⁸ throughout the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman do any more work for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more.¹⁹ 36:7 Now the materials were more than enough²⁰ for them to do all the work.²¹

36:8 And every skilled person among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven in²² by the work of the designer. 36:9 The length of one curtain was 42 feet, and the breadth of the same was six feet; all the curtains were the same size.²³ 36:10 And he joined²⁴ five of the curtains one to another, and the other²⁵ five curtains he joined one to another. 36:11 Then he made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set; he did the same along the edge of the end curtain in the second set. 36:12 He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops at the end curtain that was in the second set, with the loops opposite one another. 36:13 Then he made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together one to another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was one unit.²⁶

36:14 He made²⁷ curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.²⁸ 36:15 The length of one curtain was 45 feet, and the breadth of the same was six feet; the eleven curtains were the same size.²⁹ 36:16 And he joined five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 36:17 And he made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and he made fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that couples the second. 36:18 And he made fifty clasps of bronze to join the tent together so that it might be a unit.³⁰ 36:19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of the skins of sea cows over that.

36:20 And he made for the tabernacle frames that stood upright³¹ out of acacia wood. 36:21 The length of each³² frame was 15 feet, the breadth of the same³³ frame was two and a quarter feet. 36:22 Each frame had³⁴ two projections set in order one against the other;³⁵ he did this for all the frames of the tabernacle. 36:23 So he made frames for the tabernacle, twenty frames for the south side facing south; 36:24 and he made forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases under one frame for its two projections. 36:25 And for the second side of the tabernacle facing north, he made twenty frames, 36:26 and their forty silver bases, two bases under the one frame, and two bases under each of³⁶ the other frames. 36:27 And for the side of the tabernacle facing westward, he made six frames; 36:28 and he made two frames for the corners of the tabernacle on the back side. 36:29 And they were doubled at the lower end and³⁷ completed together at the top in one ring; he did the same for the two of them, for the two corners. 36:30 So there were eight frames, and their silver bases were sixteen bases, two bases under each frame.³⁸ 36:31 And he made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle 36:32 and five bars for the frames on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle on the back side facing west. 36:33 And he made the middle bar to reach from end to end in the midst of the frames. 36:34 And he overlaid the frames with gold, and he made their rings of gold for places³⁹ for the bars; and he overlaid the bars with gold.

36:35 Then he made the veil of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twined linen; he embroidered⁴⁰ it with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer. 36:36 And he made for it four posts of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, with gold hooks.⁴¹ Then he cast for them four silver bases. 36:37 And he made a hanging for the entrance of the tent, of blue, and purple and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer, 36:38 and its five posts with⁴² their hooks. And he overlaid their tops⁴³ and their bands with gold; but their five bases were bronze.⁴⁴